Encompass Health (EHC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Encompass Health (EHC) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.38 for Q1 2026, up 135.58% quarter-over-quarter from 0.16 in Q4 2025, and up 167.42% year-on-year from 0.14 in Q1 2025.

Encompass Health (EHC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Encompass Health (EHC) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.38 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.38, up 167.42% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.24 (up 44.05% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.16, down 7.12% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.38 for Q1 2026 at Encompass Health, up from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 4.3 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.48 in Q3 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.54, with a median of 0.19 recorded in 2024.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 2484.69% in 2022, down 219.04% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.4 in 2022, then surged by 824.08% to 2.92 in 2023, then sank by 93.58% to 0.19 in 2024, then decreased by 13.06% to 0.16 in 2025, then surged by 135.58% to 0.38 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.38 in Q1 2026, 0.16 in Q4 2025, and 0.23 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.21
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.11
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.13
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.39
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.38
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.04
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.04
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.00
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.38
Dec 31, 2025 0.16
Sep 30, 2025 0.23
Jun 30, 2025 0.15
Mar 31, 2025 0.14
Dec 31, 2024 0.19
Sep 30, 2024 0.14
Jun 30, 2024 0.25
Mar 31, 2024 0.15
Dec 31, 2023 2.92
Sep 30, 2023 0.23
Jun 30, 2023 0.52
Mar 31, 2023 0.12
Dec 31, 2022 -0.40
Sep 30, 2022 -0.48
Jun 30, 2022 4.30
Mar 31, 2022 0.20
Dec 31, 2021 -0.28
Sep 30, 2021 0.41
Jun 30, 2021 0.17